Avery v. Midland County
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Avery v. Midland County is a 1968 U.S. Supreme Court case that extended the "one person, one vote" principle to local government districts, requiring that they be apportioned on a population basis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Avery v. Midland County canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
ⓘ
reapportionment case ⓘ voting rights case ⓘ |
| affects |
city councils and other local governing bodies
ⓘ
county governments in the United States ⓘ local legislative bodies ⓘ |
| appliesPrinciple | one person, one vote ⓘ |
| clarifies | scope of one person, one vote doctrine ⓘ |
| concerns |
county commissioners court districts
ⓘ
malapportionment of local districts ⓘ |
| establishesRule | Local governmental units with general governmental powers over an entire geographic area must be elected from districts of substantially equal population ⓘ |
| extendsDoctrineFrom | Reynolds v. Sims NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extendsDoctrineTo | local government districts ⓘ |
| hasChiefJusticeAtDecision | Earl Warren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCitation | 390 U.S. 474 ⓘ |
| hasConstitutionalBasis | Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasCourt | Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDecisionDate | 1968-04-01 ⓘ |
| hasEra | Warren Court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFullCitation | Avery v. Midland County, 390 U.S. 474 (1968) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHolding | Local government districts that exercise general governmental powers must be apportioned on a population basis under the Equal Protection Clause ⓘ |
| hasImpact | required many local governments to redraw district lines based on population ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLegalIssue |
application of one person, one vote to local government
ⓘ
apportionment of local governmental districts ⓘ |
| hasMajorityOpinionBy | Justice Byron White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOutcome | judgment of the Texas courts reversed ⓘ |
| hasPetitioner | Hank Avery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPrecedentialStatus | binding precedent in federal and state courts on local apportionment issues ⓘ |
| hasRespondent | Midland County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStateLawContext | Texas local government structure ⓘ |
| hasSubjectMatter |
apportionment
ⓘ
representation ⓘ voting rights ⓘ |
| hasYearDecided | 1968 ⓘ |
| holdsApplicableTo | local governmental bodies exercising general governmental powers ⓘ |
| interprets | Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isRelatedCase |
Baker v. Carr
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Reynolds v. Sims NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isRelatedField |
constitutional law
ⓘ
election law ⓘ local government law ⓘ |
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